William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...

