The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...

