William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
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...
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
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...

