The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Twin Cities Area
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

