The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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