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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

