The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

