The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

