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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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