The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

