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...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
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
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

