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 Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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