William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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