The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

