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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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