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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

