The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
Itโs clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

