The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

