The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
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...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

