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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
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...

