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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Welcome To Cobden
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown