William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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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?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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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
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston