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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

