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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

