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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

