William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown