William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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