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...
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

