The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. Thatโs sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesotaโs biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
Itโs clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

