William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

