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

