William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdingerโs grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

