The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

