William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

