The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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