William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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