The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...

