The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

