William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

