The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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