William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

