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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn 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 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?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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