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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

