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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

