The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
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 Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City