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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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