The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

