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
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
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...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

