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...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

