The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown