The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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