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...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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