The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

