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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

