The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

