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
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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