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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Swinford Apartments
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
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...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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