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
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
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...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
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