The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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