The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

