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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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...

