The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City