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