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...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
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...
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

