The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

