The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
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...
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
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
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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...
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
Old Brewery In Preston