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...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

