The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown