The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

