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...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

