William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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...

