William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

