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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

