William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

