The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

