The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...

