The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
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...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

