William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

