The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
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...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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