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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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