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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Not much has changed at this house in Duluth. It looks pretty much the same as it did when it was...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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