The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
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...

