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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
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...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
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