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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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