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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

