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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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