The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

