The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
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...

