The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

