The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

