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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

