William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
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
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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