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

