William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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