The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

