William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

