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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown