The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City