The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown