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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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