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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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