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...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

