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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

