The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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