The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
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
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

