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...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City