The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
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...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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