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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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