William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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