William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy OโBrien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

