The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

