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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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