The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

