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