William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
World-renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in an apartment on the second floor of this...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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