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