The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

