The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
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
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston