William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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