William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

