The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...

