The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

