The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...

