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
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...

