On September 1 , 1894 , everything changed with a firestorm wiping out Hinckley and many northeastern Minnesota towns . Today the Hinckley Fire Museum , nine blocks west of Interstate 35 in downtown Hinckley , tells the devastating story of what came to be called the Great Hinckley Fire and the town ’s recovery from it . The museum is located in a restored railroad depot downtown , an exact replica of the pre-fire depot , built just after the fire
Great Hinckley Fire
Great Hinckley Fire
Hinckley, Minnesota