The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

