William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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