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...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

