The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

