The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
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Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown