The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

