The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

