William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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