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...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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