The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

