The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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...

