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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

