William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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