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...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

