The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

