The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House 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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

