The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

