The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown