The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

