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...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

