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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

