William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
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