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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City