William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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