The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...

