The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

