William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

