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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

