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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
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