The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

