The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

