The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul