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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown