William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

