The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

