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...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

