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