The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
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
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...

