William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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