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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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