The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

