The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

