The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

