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...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

