The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

