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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
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...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

