The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

