The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Not much has changed at this house in Duluth. It looks pretty much the same as it did when it was...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Laura Baker?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

