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...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

