The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

