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