William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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