The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After 120 years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening of July 29th, 1895...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Not much has changed at this house in Duluth. It looks pretty much the same as it did when it was...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

