William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
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
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

