The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill 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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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