The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
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...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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