William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

