The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
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...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

