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...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

