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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

