William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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