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

