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
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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