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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
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...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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
