William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paulโs largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

