The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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