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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

