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...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

