The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

