The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

