William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

