William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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