William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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