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