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...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital 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