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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

