William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
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
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

