Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Twin Cities Area
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City