The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnightโs Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

