The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

