The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

