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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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