William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

