William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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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