The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

