William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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