William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

