William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

