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...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

