William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...

