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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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