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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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