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
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

