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...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City