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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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