The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

