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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

