The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

