The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone โskyscraperโ in St Paul. The eight...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesotaโs smallest town. The 2010 census...
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Donโt...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If youโre here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case youโre...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his motherโs death in 1905...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
โOnce upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...

