The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
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