The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...

