William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

