William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...

