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...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
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