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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...

