The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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