William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
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 Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

