William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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