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...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

