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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

