The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
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...
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

