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