William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

