William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...

