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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Enter Marlon Brando
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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