The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...

