William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
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...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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