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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 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?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

