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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
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...
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

