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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
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
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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