The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

