William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

