The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...

