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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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
