The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...

