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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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