The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

