The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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