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 Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
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
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

