The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City 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 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?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

