William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

