The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

