William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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