The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

