William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown