The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery and Wurstery is located near the Mississippi River in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown