The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

