The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

