The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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