The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

