The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
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...
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

