William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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