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...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
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...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Donโt...
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
Itโs clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you ๐ The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

