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
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

