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...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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