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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
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...
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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...

