The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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