William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
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
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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