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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

