The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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