William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown