William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

