William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...

