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...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

