The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

