William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
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
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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
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