William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...

