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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
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...
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
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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