The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...

