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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

