The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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