The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

