The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...

