The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

