The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

