The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

