The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

