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...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

