The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

