William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
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