The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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