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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
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