The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

