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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

