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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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