The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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