William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

