The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

