The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

