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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
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...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
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
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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