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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
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
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

