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...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

