William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

