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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

