William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
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
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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