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
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown