The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

