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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

