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
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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