William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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