William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn 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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
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