The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

