William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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