William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
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 Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

