William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building 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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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