The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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