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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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