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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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