The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
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 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
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

