William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the JamesโYounger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

