The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

