The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Donโt you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdingerโs grist mill in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
Itโs clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy OโBrien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

