William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
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
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

