William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

