William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

