The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown