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...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown