William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

