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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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