William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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