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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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