The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

