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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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