William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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