The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

