William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

