William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
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
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
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
Old Brewery In Preston