William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesotaโs biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

