William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul