The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

