The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
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...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

