William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In 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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

