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...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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