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