William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

