The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

