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 Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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