The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown