The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

