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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Dead Good Walks
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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