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