William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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