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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Dead Good Walks
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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