William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

