The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

