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...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...

