William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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