The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
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...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
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
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

