The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

