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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
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
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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