The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

