William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
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
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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