William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

