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
Landmark Center In St Paul
Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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