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...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

