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 Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Little Falls Depot
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
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