The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

