William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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