The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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