The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

