The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Island Project In the fall of 1953, the peaceful quiet of the north shore just south of...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

