The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

