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...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

