William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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