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
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

