The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
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...
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

