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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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