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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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