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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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