William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

