William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
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