William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
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...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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