The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National 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...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Not much has changed at this house in Duluth. It looks pretty much the same as it did when it was...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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...
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...

