The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

