William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Dead Good Walks
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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