The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

