William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

