The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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
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