William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia 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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
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...

