William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didnโt know where I was. I certainly didnโt...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Donโt...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...

