William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township 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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...

