William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

