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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
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Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown