The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
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...
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown