William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...

