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

