The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital 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