The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
World-renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in an apartment on the second floor of this...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

