William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
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...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
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 Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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