William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
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
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown