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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
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