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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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