William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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