The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

