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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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