The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston