The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

