William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown