William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
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
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown