The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...

