The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
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...
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

