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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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