William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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