The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...

