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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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