William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
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...

