William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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