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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

