The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
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 Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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