The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

