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