The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...

