William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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