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
Landmark Center In St Paul
Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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