William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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