William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston