The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

