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...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

