The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

