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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

