The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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