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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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