William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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