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

