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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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