The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

