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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

