William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...

