The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

