The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
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
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

