The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

