The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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