William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

