William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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