The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Franconia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

