William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

