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

