The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

