The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...

