The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

