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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
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Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
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...
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
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston