The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
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...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

