William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

