The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

