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...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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