The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
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...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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