William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
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
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

