William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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...
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