William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
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