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
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown