William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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