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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

