William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City