William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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