The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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