The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...

