William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

