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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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