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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
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