The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

