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

