William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
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