The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

