The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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...

