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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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