The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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