William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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