The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

