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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
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