The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

