The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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