The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
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 Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

