William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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