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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

