William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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