The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

