William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

