The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

