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
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
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 Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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