William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

