The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
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...
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

