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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
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...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindstrรถm. It is the oldest...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Winter At The Lamar School
Itโs clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

