William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
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