William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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