William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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