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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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...

