The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
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...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...

