William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...

