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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

