William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

