The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

