The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

