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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
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...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdingerโs grist mill in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
โOnce upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

