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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

