The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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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