The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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