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

